From the news archives 138 years ago: Tiki in a Maori Charnel House - General Tiki

CN Club Nouméa Member Wanganui Joined: May 03, 2010 Posts: 459	CN Club Nouméa Posted posted on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 11:26 PM Point well taken Tom. I recall calling in at the South Bay Street Shopping Center in Emeryville (near Trader Vic's), and discovering whilst visiting the toilets there that the shopping centre is built on an ancient Indian shellmound which includes a burial site. There were Ohlone images and relics on display in the foyer of the public toilets, which is better than nothing, but did strike me as being odd. I remember at the time wondering how I would feel if a foreign power invaded my land, leveled my cultural monuments, built a toilet on them and then hung some pictures outside it as a reminder of my people... :) Komohana; there may have been exceptions to the rule, but my general impression is that the various Maori tribes left each other's burial sites alone because they all believed that such a violation of tapu would bring terrible curses and bad luck upon them. In pre-European times, the Maori lived in a spiritual world where you didn't mess with things like that. CN Toto, j'ai l'impression que nous ne sommes plus au Kansas ! [ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2011-11-15 23:28 ] [ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2011-11-15 23:33 ]

Point well taken Tom. I recall calling in at the South Bay Street Shopping Center in Emeryville (near Trader Vic's), and discovering whilst visiting the toilets there that the shopping centre is built on an ancient Indian shellmound which includes a burial site. There were Ohlone images and relics on display in the foyer of the public toilets, which is better than nothing, but did strike me as being odd. I remember at the time wondering how I would feel if a foreign power invaded my land, leveled my cultural monuments, built a toilet on them and then hung some pictures outside it as a reminder of my people... :)

Komohana; there may have been exceptions to the rule, but my general impression is that the various Maori tribes left each other's burial sites alone because they all believed that such a violation of tapu would bring terrible curses and bad luck upon them. In pre-European times, the Maori lived in a spiritual world where you didn't mess with things like that.

Toto, j'ai l'impression que nous ne sommes plus au Kansas !

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Post #614137 by Club Nouméa on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 11:26 PM